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Best Family Suburbs in Victoria

Suburbs ranked for families using education access, early-years services, safety, parks and sport facilities from official data.

Fryerstown currently leads this Victoria list. Suburbs ranked for families using education access, early-years services, safety, parks and sport facilities from official data. The index is relative to this list (100 = the top suburb here), not an overall suburb rating. Very small localities can rank highly when nearby services score well — check population and housing on each profile before treating a rank as a place to live.

Rank	Suburb	Index
#1	Fryerstown	100
#2	Smeaton	97
#3	Winslow	94
#4	Queenscliff	93
#5	Eaglemont	93
#6	Wangoom	93
#7	Quantong	93
#8	Research	92
#9	Mystic Park	92
#10	Yallambie	92
#11	Canterbury	91
#12	Hmas Cerberus	91
#13	Wandana Heights	91
#14	Shoreham	90
#15	Garvoc	90
#16	Harrietville	90
#17	Ceres	89
#18	Taradale	89
#19	Barwon Heads	89
#20	Smiths Beach	89
#21	Point Lonsdale	89
#22	Heathmere	89
#23	Cora Lynn	89
#24	Deepdene	89
#25	Bellbrae	89
#26	Croydon Hills	88
#27	Strathmore Heights	88
#28	Moriac	88
#29	East Sale	88
#30	Buckley	87
#31	Essendon West	87
#32	Wattle Glen	87
#33	Warrandyte South	87
#34	Ivanhoe East	87
#35	St Helena	87
#36	Waterways	87
#37	Arthurs Seat	86
#38	Warranwood	86
#39	Natimuk	86
#40	Caramut	86
#41	Traralgon South	86
#42	Eltham North	86
#43	Balnarring Beach	85
#44	Bushfield	85
#45	Aspendale Gardens	85
#46	Muckleford	85
#47	Trentham	85
#48	Red Hill South	85
#49	Cape Schanck	84
#50	Cape Paterson	84

Index shows relative strength within this list. 100 is the top-ranked suburb; lower values are further from the leader, not an overall suburb rating.

Last updated 4 October 2026 at 1:54 am AEST

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